Combined chair



(1 10 Model.) O COMBINED CHAIR, DESK, A ND TABLE. No. 427,413. PatentedMay 6, 1890-.

' UNiTEn STATES PATENT QFFICE.

the device when used as a chair.

OLIVER FRITZ, OF STEPHEN, MINNESOTAL COMBINED-CHAIR, DESK, AND TABLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 427,413, dated May 6,1890.

Application filed September 6, 1889- $erial No. 323,208. (No model.)

T0 aZZ whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, OLIVER FRITZ, a citizen of the United States, and aresident of Stephen,

in the county of Marshall and State of Minne-' sota, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Combined Chairs, Desks, andTables; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, andexact description of the invention, which will enable others skilled inthe art to which it. appertains to make and use the same.

My invention is a combined chair, desk, and table, the object of theinvention being the production of an inexpensive device which willperform the functions of a chair, desk, and table at the convenience ofthe user and in as thorough a manner as the separate dev1ces.

To attain the desired objects, the invention consists of the deviceillustrated, described, and claimed herein.

Figure 1 represents a perspective view of Fig. 2 represents a similarview thereof when used as a desk. Fig. 3 is a similar view thereof whenused as a table.

Referring by letter to the drawings, in which similar letters ofreference denote corresponding parts, A and A designate thesupportinglegs of the device, which are pivoted together at a, and thelegs A have the upper ends A extended.

B designates a seat secured to the supporting-legs and made of carpet,canvas, or other flexible material suitable for the purpose. The upperends of the legs or supports A A are connected by a transverse strip Ato which one end of the seat B is secured.

The letter C designates the arms, which are connected to the upperextended ends A of the supports A by means of transverse bolts 0, whichpass through and work freely within elongated slots 0, formed in thearms 0, thereby permitting said arms to be adjusted at differentpositions.

D designates hooks on the lower ends of the arms for engaging eyes orloops D on the supporting-legs A, and to the upper ends of the arms ispivotally connected the board E. This board is provided at one end witha perforation e, which, when said board is adjusted to the positionshown in Fig. 1, will be engaged by the set-screw B, which passesthrough the end of the seat B into the cross-stripiA and serves to lockthe part E when in the position above referred to.

F design ates detents or pawls pivoted to the slotted arms by means of api vot f and adapted to enter notches ,G in the board E to sustain saidboard in any desired position.

The manner of adjusting the parts of my device to produce a chair, deskor table will be readily understood from the foregoing description,taken in connection with the drawings.

By my improvements I produce a device which can be utilized to performthe purpose of a chair, desk, or table in a thorough and efficientmanner, and which device can be produced at a cost as low as any of thearticles separate.

Then it is desired to use the device as a chair, all that is necessaryis to throw the part E back and secure the same by means of theset-screw, the arms O at the same time assuming a horizontal position.It will also be observed that when in this position the notches G of thepart E occupy a Vertical position and are engaged by the pawl or detentF, which serves to still further support and press said part. When it isdesired to use the device as a desk or table, the position of theslotted arms are changed from the horizontal position occupied in Fig. 1to a vertical position, while the part Eis changed from a vertical to aninclined or oblique position when used as a desk, or to a horizontalposition when used as a table. In either case the part E is supported bythe detent or pawl F.

Having thus described my invention, I claim and desire to secure byLetters Patent of the United States- 1. A combined chair, desk,and tableconsisting of the supporting-legs, the seat secured to said logs, theslotted arms adjustable on the legs, the board pivoted to said arms, thedetents pivoted to the slotted arms for engaging the said board, and thecatches for retaining the slotted arms, substantially as described.

2. A combined chair, desk, and table consisting of the supporting-legs,one set of which have their upper ends extended, the slotted armspivoted to the extended ends, the board pivoted to the upper ends or"the slotted arms, and the detents for engaging the board, substantiallyas described.

3. A combined chair, desk, and table consisting of the supporting-legs,one set of which having their upper ends extended and the other sethaving their upper ends connected by a transverse strip, a seat securedto said legs, slotted arms pivoted to the extended ends of one set ofsupports, a board pivoted to the upper ends of the slotted arms, saidboard being provided at one end with a central perfo- OLIVER FRITZ.

Witnesses:

JOHN P. LUNDIN, M. BOTHUN.

